Walter Williams to speak in Chapel Hill

Syndicated columnist and George Mason University Professor of Economics Walter Williams will deliver a speech on the campus of UNC-Chapel Hill on February 26.

Williams’ talk is entitled “The Legitimate Role of Government in Society.” He will deliver the speech at UNC-Chapel Hill’s School of Law, at 100 Ridge Road in Chapel Hill in Room 5042, on Monday, Feb. 26, at 7 p.m. The UNC-Chapel Hill College Republicans and the UNC-Chapel Hill Federalist Society are jointly sponsoring the event.

Williams is also a member of the Academic Advisory Committee of the Pope Center for Higher Education Policy.

For 27 years, Williams has taught at George Mason University, part of that time as the department chair of the school’s economics department. His columns appear in more than 140 publications. Williams can also be heard as a guest co-host occasionally on “The Rush Limbaugh Show.”

Williams is also the author of more than 150 publications that have been published in forums such as Economic Inquiry, Newsweek, National Review, and Cato Journal among others. He has published six books, including The State Against Blacks, which was later turned into a PBS documentary called “Good Intentions.”